[SBC] Meeting re: Lower Broadway

[Denison, Charles]

Agreed.  The bike lane plan is not totally clear from the design.  I'm
planning on going to this meeting, and I think as many of us as possible
from the bike committee should.  The bike lanes must be continuous for
the entire project length.
 
Charlie


  _____  

	From: Brian Postlewaite [mailto:postbc at gmail.com] 
	Sent: Tuesday, June 17, 2008 11:42 AM
	To: Denison, Charles
	Cc: Stephen Winslow; Moore, Alan at Boston;
sbc at lists.bostoncoop.net
	Subject: Re: Meeting re: Lower Broadway
	
	
	I like the plan, especially the enlarged sidewalks and the
bikelanes.
	
	But! It appears that the bike lanes do not continue all the way
to McGrath.
	Provisions for this connection must exist, to accomplish the
goal of bikelanes for the entire length of B'way.
	
	~Brian
	
	PS the image is poor, the bikelane at McGrath may exist, but it
sure doesn't appear so.
	
	PPS bikelanes at the right turn on to McGrath will require extra
care to avoid sideswipes.
	
	
	On Tue, Jun 17, 2008 at 11:15 AM, Denison, Charles
<Charles.Denison at geodecapital.com> wrote:
	

		Here are the plans:
		
		http://www.somervillema.gov/spotlight.cfm?id=62
		
		> _____________________________________________
		> From:         Denison, Charles
		> Sent: Tuesday, June 17, 2008 11:12 AM
		> To:   'Stephen Winslow'; 'Moore, Alan at Boston'; 'Brian
Postlewaite'
		> Cc:   'sbc at lists.bostoncoop.net'
		> Subject:      Meeting re: Lower Broadway
		
		>
		>
http://www.wickedlocal.com/somerville/news/x833712444/Talk-about-makin
		
		> g-lower-Broadway-even-more-beautiful
		
		>
		> Talk about making lower Broadway even more beautiful
		>
		> Mon Jun 16, 2008, 06:51 PM EDT
		>
		> Somerville -
		>
		> Mayor Joe Curtatone, Ward 1 Alderman William Roche,
and Monica Lamboy,
		> director of the Office of Strategic Planning and
Community
		> Development, announces that, in conjunction with East
Somerville Main
		> Streets, residents and business owners in East
Somerville are invited
		> to a community meeting to discuss preliminary plans
and designs for a
		> streetscape and roadway improvement project for
Broadway, between
		> McGrath Highway and the city line near Sullivan
Square.
		>
		> The meeting, which will be held Wednesday, June 25, at
6 p.m. at the
		> Cross Street Senior Center at 165 Cross St. East, will
give the public
		> an opportunity to review and comment on the city's
effort to develop a
		> pedestrian-friendly, multi-modal, transit-oriented
street that
		> encourages people to walk, bike and gather along East
Somerville's
		> central business corridor.
		>
		> "Broadway is one of Somerville's major gateway
corridors, and Broadway
		> is a valuable business district," said Curtatone.
"This type of
		> streetscape project can enhance economic activity and
create an
		> attractive environment to draw pedestrian shoppers
while smoothing
		> transportation access of all kinds. In order to do
that, we need to
		> balance the needs of the businesses, residents, and
the public while
		> at the same time being sensitive to the history of the
area."
		>
		> "This is an exciting project with tremendous potential
to make lasting
		> contributions to East Somerville's economic
development and quality of
		> life," said Roche. "Our neighborhood has already
proven that real
		> leadership and initiative yields exciting, positive
new growth
		> potential. We have been anticipating this project for
a number of
		> years now, and I appreciate the hard work that East
Somerville Main
		> Streets has put into developing an effective public
participation and
		> advisory process."
		>
		> At the meeting, the city will present the new street
configuration for
		> travel lanes on Broadway to accommodate various modes
of travel and
		> increase pedestrian activity that has been developed
based upon
		> community input from this winter. Residents and
business owners will
		> have an opportunity to offer their input on additional
key streetscape
		> elements such as paving treatments, street furniture
(benches, lamps,
		> trash cans) and landscaping.
		>
		> "This project will significantly enhance the Broadway
commercial
		> corridor and make East Somerville into a shopping and
dining
		> destination for nearby residents and visitors to the
area," said
		> Lamboy. "We are genuinely excited about getting
feedback from all
		> interested parties on the concepts we've developed so
far."
		>
		> The city hopes to develop a final design concept in
July. Members of
		> the public will find a preview of the proposed concept
on the city's
		> Web site at www.somervillema.gov.
		> For more information, call Martha Tai, senior economic
development
		> planner, 617-625-6600, ext. 2518, or e-mail
mtai at somervillema.gov.
		>
		>
		


-------------- next part --------------
An HTML attachment was scrubbed...
URL: http://lists.bostoncoop.net/pipermail/sbc/attachments/20080617/63307aec/attachment-0001.htm